Mark your calendar for the DMRAA’s annual evening of tasty chili and great bargains.  Of course you should bring your excess gear to sell too.  Come hungry!

Polk County ARES Emergency Coordinator Scott, NØOOD has announced that Polk County ARES is now in possession of a new EMCOMM trailer. The new trailer is a tandem 7’ by 16’ trailer.  It is larger than the previous trailer which is 6’ by 10’.  The new trailer will be called “EMCOMM 1”.  This trailer is […]

Join us for a presentation on JOTA, Boy Scout Jamboree on the Air August 23, 2016.   DMRAA Vice-President Brad Boeckmann, KC9DMQ with be discussing the preparations for the event and enlisting club members for JOTA. Please join us August, 2016 7:00 PM, Waveland Room Plymouth Congregational Church 42nd & Ingersoll, Des Moines   JOTA-JOTI is the […]

The July DMRAA meeting featured a presentation by Tom, NØVPR on Repeaters and Linking.  The repeater portion of the PowerPoint presentation is now available on this website. It is available on the repeater page DMRAA.com/repeaters or you may click here DMRAA Repeater Talk for the presentation.  This information is quite useful when trying to understand local […]

Preceding the Sunday, August 14th Story County Amateur Radio Club Pot Luck, the club is also hosting another Fox Hunt, or hidden transmitter hunt, at 2:00 pm in Ames, Iowa. We request all interested hunters assemble in the parking lot at Moore Memorial Park, 3050 Northridge Pkwy, Ames IA 50010, west of Stange Road and the Somerset neighborhood. This location will work […]

The Warren Amateur Radio Society will be offering a FREE entry level (Technician) licensing class on Saturday & Sunday afternoons August 27-September 11, 2016, from 2-6pm. The class will be held in the training room, located in the basement of city hall (use South door). Advance registration is recommended, but not required. To register, or […]

The DMRAA will conduct a General License class this fall.  The class will be 7 weeks long and will start on Thursday, Sept. 8 and the last class, which will include the testing session on October 20. The sessions will be held at:   Edgewater Retirement Community Wellness Classroom 9225 Cascade Av. West Des Moines, IA   […]

Tom Reis, NØVPR will speak about Repeaters and Linked repeaters in Central Iowa.  Various methods for linking repeaters will be discussed as well as notes about many local repeaters.  This presentation is an overview and would be very timely for newer hams still learning about using repeaters.  We encourage DMRAA members to bring a new […]

My latest photo taken with a Quad-Copter as of July 3 2016 I was able to change the default height to 200 feet and was not high enough for this view. This was the Wind Charger farm north of Colo. I was too chicken to get any closer than about 150 feet. I have heard […]

The DMRAA will be hosting the annual Jamboree on the Air station this year.  JOTA will be held at the Outdoor Education Center in Ankeny from 10AM to 5PM on October 15th. Please encourage your friends and any Scouts that you may know to join the fun. If you’re interested in being a part of the […]